The ice rinks are out, Christmas trees are popping up everywhere, and hoards of eager shoppers are descending
on Union Square, but Christmas seasons isn't in full swing until Santacon comes to town.
If you are looking to keep the debauchery to a minimum, check out Lower Haight Holiday Art Walk or head to
the Union Street Holiday Celebration. The Great Dickens Christmas Fair brings the chilly, bustling streets of
Victorian London to the Cow Palace while Chillin' Productions turns up the heat with a Holiday Show at Mezzanine.
Terrorbird is also unleashing its Holiday Extravaganza with Maus Hause and Fol Chen at Bottom of the Hill. And if
you didn't get your fill of holiday shopping with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, there are still plenty of
Events and Deals to keep you busy.

For the best part of a decade, Los Angeles native Ariel Rosenberg has been carving some of the most intoxicating music going, a reclusive pop surrealist whose corroded productions have led to a cult following...

DJ IWill & Guests Spin the Rawest Roots, Dutty Dubs, & Soul Stormers at The 222 Hyde Club this Wednesday. Come Get Over that Midweek Hump and Vibe Out! Great Pizzas and Drinks Courtesy of the 222 Crew...

What makes a place? Infinite City, Rebecca Solnit's brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas, searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area...

Grammy Award-winning vocalist and composer Susan McKeown brings to our stage a truly memorable show. Performing selections from her new CD, Singing in the Dark, Susan explores, through song, the theme of creativity and madness...

What better way to ring in the Holidays with a good ol' Lower Haight Holiday Art Walk! Filled with live music, food, art, merchant discounts & specials along with a Window Decorating Contest, and Scavenger Hunt, the neighborhood's gonna be full of festivities

"You can never tell in what state he is going to show up at the family reunion, and you're not sure you would want to be seen in public with him, but you know the party would definitely not be the same without him!"

Union Street kicks off its annual Fantasy of Lights Holiday celebration, where young and old alike can enjoy festivities to begin the holiday season. Thousands of holiday lights set off the Victorians, transforming Union Street into a magical backdrop for Santa and...

"This is no half-assed attempt at crossing over - she enlisted the help of everyone from Tegan and Sara and Ani DiFranco to A.C. Newman and Andrew Bird to create some damn fine tunes for her damn fine voice." - New York Magazine

Lazer Sword's official album release party, celebrating their debut record out on Innovative Leisure on November 2nd. Fact Magazine says "...their debut album should see them shift their career into third gear. Simply titled Lazer Sword, it squeezes rap, 8-bit, Jimmy Edgar, Justice and more...

With a title like Time To Die, you might think the Dodos' third disc is their 'mature album,' a deadly serious undertaking punctuated with string sections and synths. Nice try kid, but you've got it all wrong...

The bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, form the living backdrop of your excursion into Christmas Past. You are a living part of a Victorian Christmas card come to life!

The studio is filled with unique and original prints, one-of-a-kind paintings, pen and ink drawings, ceramics, sculptures, and textiles by over 100 artists. One-half of the proceeds from the sale of every artwork go directly to the artist...

Thousands of bike friendly folk will enjoy an evening of music, a fabulous silent auction where you'll score the best deals in town on local art, gift certificates and bike goodies. If you're less for bidding and more for good luck...

Granta magazine celebrates the writings of young Spanish novelists in an evening of readings and discussion. From Borges to Bolaņo, the Spanish language has given us some of the most beloved writers of the 20th and 21st centuries...

For four decades, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a figure whose body of work achieves greater depths of mystery and meaning as time goes on. His songs have set a virtually unmatched standard in their seriousness and range...